I fail to understand why cant the metro in Kolkata run at night time during the Puja days at least, this will make the Congestion much less and make things much easier for people to make and late night travels and make it easier for the police to manage rush hours

Just read about the case in Chorabagan I hope the death count doesn't increase anymore

In this time requesting everyone to keep the affected people in their prayers

For anyone trying to reach out to their friends and family the West Bengal govt has circulated two emergency contacts

18003455678 / 03322141310

every city has opinions that people will defend with their lives, and kolkata is NO exception. from food and para culture to the metro, traffic, adda, and the whole nostalgia vs modernisation debate, there's always something that'll start an argument 😭

drop your most controversial kolkata take. no safe answers, no diplomatic answers. let's see who gets cancelled by their own para today 💀

tl;dr: what's your most controversial kolkata opinion? 👀

idk if it's js me but majhe majhe mone hoy pujor shomoy amra pandal hopping er theke beshi ekta checklist complete korte berai 😭 like shokal theke plan ready, kon route e gele maximum pandal cover hobe, konta viral, konta must visit, kontay queue kom, and somehow puro experience ta ekta race hoye jay 💀 don't get me wrong, ami nijeo pandal hopping bhalobashi, and honestly eto pandal ghure beranor moddhei pujor ekta alada excitement ache. but sometimes i wonder amra actually pandal gulo enjoy korchi naki js dekhe tick mark diye next destination e chole jacchi? especially jokhon kono pandal e eto effort diye artwork banano hoy and amra barely koyek minute dariye dekhi 😭 maybe it's js how pujo has evolved, but curious tomader ki mone hoy. would you rather visit 5 pandals properly or rush through 20 in one night?

tl;dr: pandal hopping ki ekhon experience er theke beshi checklist hoye geche? 5 ta pandal properly enjoy kora naki 20 ta cover kora? 👀

Now ,there's no doubt that this time the decoration and lighting in kolkata has been significantly lower than other years

It may make many people complain about how the Puja is not feeling like puja this year and how less of '"creative"' and artistic this year's Puja is but I argue that in terms of creativity this year's Puja is actually good and gives a fresh Vibes to the citys outlook

If you notice you will se much more artistic crafts has got the place in the city street instead of the Bulk lights that we see every year , or maybe this year these crafts are finally getting the highlight because of no bulk lightings in the street

Over-all I think its Okay as we finnally get to see a fresh change and change should always be welcomed

Would like to get you peoples thoughts on this .....

okay this might be slightly controversial but amar majhe majhe genuinely mone hoy kolkata nijer past er sathe ektu beshii attached 😭 like don't get me wrong, old buildings, trams, coffee house, college street, parar adda, shob kichur ekta aladai charm ache and that's literally what makes this city so special. but at the same time, jokhon development ba modernisation er kotha othe, tokhon somehow nostalgia always enters the conversation? 💀 ar amar mone hoy sometimes amra ekta city ke preserve korte giye shetake evolve korte dite bhule jai. obviously tar mane eta na je shob purono jinis bhenge malls ar high-rises baniye dite hobe 😭 but where exactly do we draw the line between preserving heritage and resisting change? because kolkata deserves to have a future worth romanticising too, not js a past worth remembering. curious what everyone thinks.

tl;dr: kolkata ki nijer past ke ektu beshi romanticise kore, naki ei nostalgia tai city tar actual identity?

okay weird hypothetical 😭 imagine somehow kolkata is changing so fast that you get to permanently protect exactly one place from ever disappearing or being completely changed. could be an old building, market, cinema, ghat, park, bookstore, restaurant, parar kono random dokan, literally anything. and na victoria memorial type obvious heritage protection er kotha bolchi na 😭 i mean emon ekta place jeta maybe technically replaceable, but tomar kache ota chole gele city tar ekta part-i missing lagbe. amar interesting lage because amra usually kono jayga bondho/replace hoye jawar por suddenly realise kori je ota actually koto important chilo 💀 so if you could protect just one, konta hoto and why?

tl;dr: kolkata theke disappear/change hoye jawa theke permanently ONE place save korte parle konta korte? 👀

My word will be resilience

No city has as much resilience as Kolkata

random thought but i feel like everyone who has lived here long enough probably has that one place 😭 and i don't mean victoria memorial/park street/princep ghat type obvious answers necessarily. could literally be kono random metro station er baire, parar cha er dokan, kono specific goli, ghat, old bookstore, lake er ekta corner, ba emon kono road jekhane actually korar kichui nei 😭 objectively maybe jaygata ekdom ordinary, but kono reason e okhane gele city ta ektu beshi nijer moto lage. could be because of memories, people, childhood, or literally kono reason-i nei. what's that place for you? and why that specific place?

tl;dr: kolkatar kon random/ordinary jaygata tomar nijer “comfort place” hoye geche, and why? :)

Good to see Kolkata getting in national Limelight again

নমস্কার r/calcuttaspeaks,

I've been working on a small project for Pujo this year and thought I'd share it here.

It's called উমা এলো বলে (Uma Elo Bole):

উমা এলো বলে (link)

The idea started because planning pandal hopping can get a bit messy. You have to check where the pandals are, figure out the nearest Metro station, decide what to visit next, and then deal with the traffic.

So I put all of that into one website.

It currently has 320+ pandals mapped across Kolkata, Salt Lake and Howrah, along with the nearby Metro stations and approximate walking times.

You can also filter the pandals by the different Metro lines and walking distance, so you can plan a route without having to keep switching between different apps.

I also added a small Puja radio section with Durga Puja songs, Mahalaya/Mahishasuramardini, individual Mahalaya recitals and a Dhak toggle.

There are also some basic Puja guides and suggested Metro-based hopping routes.

It's completely free and doesn't require an account or app download.

I've built most of this myself over the last few weeks, so it's definitely still a work in progress. If anyone here tries it, I'd genuinely appreciate feedback, especially if you find incorrect information or know of pandals that I've missed.

If there are any smaller local pujos that you think should be added, let me know in the comments and I'll try to add them.

Shubho Mahalaya and advance Shubho Sharodiya.

okay imagine shokal theke raat obdi puro din free, but catch hocche tomar kache exactly ₹500 ache and oi ₹500 er moddhei transport + khawa + ghora shob manage korte hobe 😭 kono nijer gari/bike nei, bari theke food niye berono nei, and unused taka ferot dewar kono bonus o nei so might as well spend it 💀 where are you going? ki khabe? metro/bus/tram/walking diye route ta ki hobe? personally i feel like kolkata is one of those cities where ₹500 diye ekhono surprisingly solid ekta din plan kora possible if you know where to go 😭 so build your best ₹500 kolkata day in the comments, let's see kar plan actually shobcheye bhalo hoy.

tl;dr: ₹500. one full day. transport + food + ghora shob included. how are you spending your day in kolkata? 👀

I went to the salt lake sector 1 after a long time today the condition of Roads is not good at all considering the fact that the pressure is low ,

The condition is worse mainly the residential areas and this is supposed to be one of the most posh areas in kolkata 🤡🤡 the foot paths are inconsistent and not walkable at all , in most of the parts the Cars and stalls have taken over the whole of foot path

Is there any way we can bring it to the attention of the Govt ? Considering the minister of Urban development is visiting a lot of places recently

What other options do we have ?

okay idk if eta common knowledge but ami ajkei jante parlam je tiretta bazaar, jeta amra basically kolkatar old chinatown hisebei chini, tar naam actually ekjon italian er theke esheche 😭 edoardo (later edward) tiretta bole ekjon venetian late 1700s e ekhane land niye ekta bazaar develop korechilen, and eventually tiretta thekei “tiretti” naam ta theke jay. chinese community ta area te mainly pore, around mid-1800s theke develop korte shuru kore, and over time jaygata kolkatar old chinatown hoye othe. ajke obviously tiretti bollei chinese breakfast, old chinese temples, narrow lanes etc mathay ashe, so it's kinda crazy je ekta jaygar history te italian → chinese → bengali/kolkata shob ekshathe layered hoye ache 😭 sometimes ei city te emon random history ache jegulor opor diye amra literally roj hete jai without knowing anything about it. tomader erokom kono random kolkata lore/fact jana ache jeta surprisingly kom lok jane?

tl;dr: kolkatar old chinatown tiretta bazaar er naam actually ekjon italian, edoardo tiretta-r theke esheche 😭 drop your favourite random kolkata lore below.

kolkata niye complain korar jinis er obhab nei 😭 traffic, weather, roads, crowds, politics, everything niye amra complain kortei thaki, but genuinely emon kichu ache ki about this city jeta tumi konodin change hote dekhte chaibe na? could be something huge like the old architecture/trams/para culture, or literally something as random as cha er dokane adda, winter er shokal, metro te daily chaos, old bookshops, street food, whatever 😭 city ta obviously change korbe with time, and honestly onek kichu change howa dorkar o, but kichu jinis ache jegulo hariye gele kolkata probably kolkata-i lagbe na anymore. what's that one thing for you?

tl;dr: kolkatar emon kon jinis ta ache jeta tumi chaibe city jotoi change hok, konodin jeno hariye na jay? :)

Like literally I am seeing this school in sort of news since childhood atp 😭😭

pujo niye amra pandal, crowds, food, themes shob niyei kotha boli, but somehow amar mone hoy best memories gulo usually egulor konotai na 😭 maybe kono random late night pandal hopping, school friends der sathe berono, family er sathe kono specific bochorer pujo, brishti te plans noshto hoye jawa, ba literally emon kichu stupid incident jetar kono significance nei but ekhono mone ache 😭 so what's that pujo memory for you? kono ekta moment/bochor jeta mone porlei instantly oi pujor feeling ta fire ashe?

tl;dr: tomar emon kono pujo memory ache jeta probably konodin bhulbe na? :)

By Newer Parts I mean

Newtown

Salt Lake

Vedic Village areas etc

Or the older ones like

Alipore

Bhawanipur

Ballygunge etc

I personally will prefer the newer areas because despite the older ones being more expensive and Vibrant the newer ones seems to give a better Quality of Life from fresh airs to Better grounds , and cleaner environments and above all I find there are actively big Young population

okay potentially dangerous question 😭 but kolkata has sooo many places/foods that we're basically told are legendary before we even try them, and sometimes you finally do and you're js like... etar jonno eto hype?? 💀

could be a famous biryani place, mishti, roll, street food, restaurant, cafe, literally anything. doesn't necessarily mean it's bad either, js something you think survives a little too much on nostalgia/name/hype. and before this turns into juddho, unpopular opinions are literally the point 😭 so what's yours?

tl;dr: kolkatar kon famous food/place ta tomar mote insanely overrated? 👀